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Seven volunteers from the World Central Kitchen, including six British, Polish, Australian and Palestinian nationals and a dual American-Canadian citizen, are killed in an Israeli airstrike south of Deir el-Balah.
2024-04-1

The Cabinet of Israel adopts a resolution opposing unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state, following comments from France and the United Kingdom stating that they would consider unilateral recognition.
2024-02-18

Pro-Palestine and pro-Israel protests are held in London, United Kingdom, with pro-Palestinian protesters also gathering at the Israeli Embassy.
2023-10-9

A record 1,295 illegal migrants cross the English Channel to the United Kingdom on "small boats", according to the Ministry of Defence.
2022-08-22

In the United Kingdom, protesters gather in Birmingham and Manchester to show solidarity with Palestine. In Manchester, protesters gather at the BBC building in MediaCityUK, while protesters burn Israeli flags in Birmingham.
2021-05-29

Palestine reports their first cases of the B.1.1.7 variant first detected in the United Kingdom in 139 people from the West Bank.
2021-02-16

Police discover 39 bodies inside a lorry container in Grays, Essex, UK. They had been transported from Zeebrugge, across the English Channel to Purfleet. The driver, a man from Northern Ireland, is arrested.
2019-10-23

A joint-team of South Korean, British, and Canadian explorers announce the discovery of the wreck of Russian cruiser "Dmitrii Donskoi", off the coast of Ulleungdo island. "Dmitrii Donskoi" was scuttled in 1905 during the Russo-Japanese War.
2018-07-18

British publisher Trinity Mirror announces that its daily newspaper, "The New Day", will close after just two months since its launch, after sales fell to around 30,000 copies per day. The last edition will be printed on May 6.
2016-05-4

Thirteen are killed and 34 others injured after a bus carrying Erasmus exchange students returning from the renowned Falles fireworks festival in Valencia, crashes near Freginals, Spain. The regional government of Catalonia said in a statement that, "... according to the latest data, the ill-fated bus had students from Hungary, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Italy, Peru, Bulgaria, Poland, Ireland, Japan, Ukraine, Holland, Belgium, France, Palestine, Turkey, (and) Greece."
2016-03-20